Categorie: Domotica

I have some Philips® hue lightning bulbs in my home. To operate these lights they need permanent power, wall switches have to be always on. So when I go to bed and turn off the wall switch the light will never shine again if the hue bridge try to switch …

In my previous blog you could read how I made a proper wall mount for my Philips hue Bridge. The goal was to make a wall mount that feels and looks like a Philips product , simplifying installation and eliminating clutter. So at first I took the dimensions from the …

Last Sunday we celibrated my fathersday, my kids have crafted there present for me whith the traditional poem. But the had another gift a Philips hue starter set containing a Philips Hue Bridge and two lamps. A awesome gift from my kids and wife! The Hue Bridge is the brain …

Because I’m always testing I also need several times a clean install to exclude any errors. This time I found my self having some issues while installing my Homekit 2 MQTT homebridge. The al the used software had some major updates and changes. So time for a revised installation manual. …

The next project is to create a MQTT button, So we can control other MQTT devices or start a homekit scene without having to use your iPhone, iPad. However, if you press once and turn them on, how would you turn the off? You’d have to have a whole separate command …

After a good first start in my previous blog, I had to find another motor with more torque or some other kind of solution so my big (heavy) blinds wil open and close. So time for Blinds 2.0. NEMA 17 At first I had some old 5V NEMA 17 Stepper …

After the basics of sending and receiving data packages over MQTT it’s to combine these in a more complex project. Lets see if we can connect a neopixel strip to our homebridge. HOMEBRIDGE You need to setup your Apple Homebridge based on MQTT first to connect this setup with Apple HomeKit …

I have been fascinated by Domotica all my life. As a small child I visited all the house of the future (The House of the Future, a project by Chriet Titulaer, was opened in the summer of 1989 in the Netherlands ), an experience that stayed with me all my …

It has been a while sins I made a module for my HomeBridge, now I wanted to see if I could make a door lock. First, you must install HomeBridge on a Raspberry Pi, and configure it as a HomeKit bridge device.How to do that, you can read here. Then …

Before you can install HomeBridge on a Raspberry Pi Zero W, you must first provide it with Raspbian OS. How to install your Raspberry Pi Zero W, you can read in one of my previous blogs here. Now that you have a Raspberry Pi Zero W running on Raspbian OS, well …

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